The Secret Knowledge of Water

There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning

By: Craig Childs

Narrated by: Craig Childs

Naturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post).

Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history, has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, their wonder, and especially their paradoxes. His extraordinary treks through arid lands in search of water are an astonishing revelation of the natural world at its most extreme.

"Utterly memorable and fantastic...Certainly no reader will ever see the desert in the same way again." —Suzannah Lessard, Washington Post

If You Ever Lived/Hiked The Desert Canyons.....

of Utah, Arizona, Nevada you will really enjoy this book. People often believe deserts are void of water, nothing could be farther from the truth. While the deserts receive less water than other geographical locations, its water comes in ways that have shaped the land for all of history. If you want to better understand the geography of the US desert SW you need to read this book. If you hike these desert canyons, it might even save your life. Enjoy....

The passion of the Desert.

Fantastic telling of water. Life, death and rebirth. Thank you. You know how to tell a story…
Please write again, soon.

The Last Book about the Desert

I grew up in this desert and entertained a flight of fancy that one day I would write a book about it, but now I never will because this book was already written and nothing I could come up with would ever be as good or as complete. If you are a desert person (a desert rat, if you will), you know. This author knows and you've gotta let him tell you. This writing will take you to church.

brilliant work

Just brilliant and fascinating! Nature is always presenting more as we can imagine. Love your book!

Very interesting

I have never given so much thought to water, especially in a desert. Thank you for shedding so much light. I have learned a thing or two by reading this interesting book